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NewsGotham tribute for Gandolfini
Steve Buscemi will present an award in honour of the late James Gandolfini on December 2 in New York, Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) top brass said.
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NewsDOC NYC unveils winners
Mahdi Fleifel’s A World Not Ours (pictured) won the Viewfinders Competition’s Grand Jury Prize on the eve of the final day of programming.
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NewsNational Archives honour for Spielberg
Steven Spielberg collected the 2013 Records Of Achievement Award from the Foundation for the National Archives this week.
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NewsWATCH: Winfrey, Whitaker, Daniels talk The Butler
Director Lee Daniels and stars Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey discuss their work on acclaimed drama The Butler at an exclusive Q&A event in London.
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NewsIndiegogo, IndieReign team up
Online marketplace IndieReign has announced a partnership with crowdfunding platform Indiegogo
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NewsLarrikin launches Catalina Capital
The Weinstein Company has secured first-look privileges on the $50m fund announced by former Dune Entertainment chairman Greg Coote and private equity executive David Calvert-Jones.
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NewsHuffman, Leguizamo join Stealing
Dallas Buyers Club producer Rachel Winter has lined up the cast on her long-gestating next project, Stealing Cars.
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NewsKatzenberg, Spielberg in museum pledge
Two of the Academy’s deep-pocketed friends have each donated $10m to the forthcoming Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures.
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NewsEmma Thompson in SBIFF honour
The star of Saving Mr Banks will receive the Modern Master Award at the 29th Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) on February 8 2014.
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NewsHalcyon to adapt Ost memoirs
Terminator Salvation producers Victor Kubicek and Derek Anderson have partnered with style icon Beatrix Ost to adapt her two memoirs My Father’s House: A Childhood In Wartime Bavaria and the forthcoming More Than Everything.
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NewsMember, Documented in US deals
Drafthouse Films has picked up North American rights to Jonah Bekhor and Zach Math’s documentary The Final Member, while in a separate deal CNN Films has acquired US broadcast rights to Documented.
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NewsRobert Patrick joins Hellions
The actor has joined the cast of Toronto-based Whizbang Films and Storyteller Pictures’ thriller, currently shooting almost entirely in digital infrared.
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NewsBruce Dern to collect PSIFF honour
The star of Nebraska will attend the 25th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival awards gala on January 4 2014 to receive the Career Achievement Award.
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NewsBerlinale World Cinema Fund selects eight
The Berlinale World Cinema Fund has awarded production and distribution funding of €165,000 ($223,000) to eight films.
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NewsUniversal breaks company record
A spokesperson said on Monday (18) the studio had broken its previous best North American box office for a calendar year of $1.335bn set in 2012.
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NewsFrontera, Watermark find homes
Magnolia Pictures has acquired US rights to the crime drama Frontera, while eOne Films US has picked up the documentary Watermark.
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NewsMonsoon Shootout to open SAIFF
The South Asian International Film Festival will open on December 3 with the New York premiere of Monsoon Shootout.
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NewsTraverse to release Treachery
Traverse Media has acquired North American digital rights to the Blanc/Biehn Productions thriller starring Michael Biehn.
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NewsScreenwriting guru Syd Field dies
Writer of several influential books on screenwriting dies aged 77.
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Virgin Produced India launches
Virgin Produced has partnered with Cinema Capital Venture Fund and Tantrik Group to launch Virgin Produced India.